Yesterday, I shared with you a couple of photos and information regarding the monument to General Nathanael Greene in Savannah, Georgia. That monument, more than 70 years after it was originally raised, became a tombstone for General Greene and his son. Did the same thing happen with the monument to Count Pulaski? Though originally planned for Chippewa Square, the cornerstone for the monument to Casimir Pulaski was relaid in Savannah's Monterey Square in 1853, with the finished product being dedicated a couple of years later. From Lucian Lamar Knight's Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends : "...It is fifty feet in height; a column of solid marble resting on a base of granite and surmounted by a statue of the goddess of liberty, holding a wreath in her outstretched hand..." The Goddess of Liberty atop the Pulaski Monument Photo © 2010-2013 S. Lincecum "...On each of the four corners of the base is chiseled an inverted cannon, emblematic ...
Telling the Tales of Tombstones